The Irish Rovers - Katrina lyrics

In a little Dutch kindergarten on the banks of the Zuiderzee Little children would play and laugh all day As happy as they could be They'd play among the tulips With their teddy bears and dolls But the little Dutch doll Katrina Was the favorite of them all 'Cause Katrina could dance, Katrina could sing Katrina could do most anything Her smile could send the windmills turning round And though she wasn't pretty Her heart was kind and good And the children loved Katrina With her little shoes of wood Then one day it happened A strange new doll was found Dancing in the garden The children gathered 'round She was a ballerina With slippers bright and gay That sparkled in the children's eyes And stole their hearts away She was really a wicked witch From a kingdom 'neath the waves Who'd come to carry the children off And keep them for her slaves And with her magic slippers She held them all beguiled And as they neared the cold north sea She smiled Poor lonely little Katrina She had seen it all But the witch's curse didn't work on her For she was just a doll And barely in the nick of time She stole the slippers away And saved the children from their spell Katrina had saved the day Now the children all are happy And they've learned their lessons well Beauty by itself, you know Can weave a magic spell But though your eyes may fool you Your heart will learn in time That a true friend like Katrina Is very hard to find 'Cause Katrina could dance, Katrina could sing Katrina could do most anything Her smile could send the windmills turning round Though she wasn't pretty Her heart was kind and good And the children loved Katrina With her little shoes of wood